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<blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 3075734" data-attributes="member: 11146">Rulebooks and dice aren't distractions at our gaming table.&nbsp; The rulebooks pretty much sit to the side untouched unless the DM (me) requests that a particular player please look up a reference so that we can clarify at the table for the benefit of all, or a specific player decides that he or she needs to look up a particular rule as it relates to something happening at the table in-game.&nbsp; We generally avoid looking up material during play, though.&nbsp; No one thumbs through miscellaneous reading material during play.&nbsp; If books not germaine to that night's session are brought, and sometimes they are, those books make an appearance either in the session's opening get-together social minutes or at the end of the session after we're done playing.&nbsp; I haven't ever seen anyone build a dice tower at the table...which isn't to say that it doesn't go on in other games, but rather that it hasn't in any game in which I've participated as player or DM.Probably the greatest distraction at the table is food, but as everyone at our table enjoys snacking and is fairly quick about grabbing a snack or having their foodstuffs at the table already, food hasn't merited a request to cease and desist.&nbsp; I can't speak for others, but snacks have always been a cherished and fond part of our weekly game sessions.&nbsp; Can do without electronic media at the table, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CanadienneBacon, post: 3075734, member: 11146"] Rulebooks and dice aren't distractions at our gaming table. The rulebooks pretty much sit to the side untouched unless the DM (me) requests that a particular player please look up a reference so that we can clarify at the table for the benefit of all, or a specific player decides that he or she needs to look up a particular rule as it relates to something happening at the table in-game. We generally avoid looking up material during play, though. No one thumbs through miscellaneous reading material during play. If books not germaine to that night's session are brought, and sometimes they are, those books make an appearance either in the session's opening get-together social minutes or at the end of the session after we're done playing. I haven't ever seen anyone build a dice tower at the table...which isn't to say that it doesn't go on in other games, but rather that it hasn't in any game in which I've participated as player or DM. Probably the greatest distraction at the table is food, but as everyone at our table enjoys snacking and is fairly quick about grabbing a snack or having their foodstuffs at the table already, food hasn't merited a request to cease and desist. I can't speak for others, but snacks have always been a cherished and fond part of our weekly game sessions. Can do without electronic media at the table, though. [/QUOTE]

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